From 875c7b5cc9a5be8de5fb6dc88dead7aa9e2a65d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:44:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] windows long filenames should be fixed now by new ghc --- CHANGELOG | 3 +++ doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn | 23 ----------------------- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG index e26cfe5332..ebc8c7f73f 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ git-annex (7.20190709) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium old version of git-annex-shell. * Windows build is now 64 bit, and using it with the 64 bit git for Windows is fully supported. + * Windows problems with long filenames should be fixed now, + since the Windows build is made with a newer ghc version that works + around the problems. -- Joey Hess Mon, 08 Jul 2019 08:59:54 -0400 diff --git a/doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn b/doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn index f3351ec59e..f636da9f59 100644 --- a/doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn @@ -4,19 +4,6 @@ usable! ## status -* There can be problems when the git-annex repository is in a deep - or long path. Ie, `C:\loooooooooooooooooongdir\`. - [Details here](http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/__34__git-annex:_direct:_1_failed__34___on_Windows) - - Workaround: Put your git-annex repo in `C:\annex` or some similar short - path if possible. - - Workaround: Enable long paths in the registry. See - - - ghc 8.61 fixes this! - - * Local pairing seems to fail, after acking on Linux box, it stalls. (Also, of course, the Windows box is unlikely to have a ssh server, so only pairing with a !Windows box will work.) @@ -29,16 +16,6 @@ usable! * Tor remotes are not supported yet. Should not be very hard to get it working. -* Due to bundling rsync.exe, the windows installer needs to be installed - with git for windows 32 bit, not 64 bit. It would be possible to switch - to a 64 bit rsync.exe build, but then 32 bit git for windows would not - work. Better, perhaps, to drop rsync.exe from the bundle; it's only - needed when talking to older versions of git-annex-shell, and of course - for rsync special remotes, but if the users wants to use the latter, they - can install rsync themselves. - - Postponed until old versions of git-annex-shell are less common.. - ## potential encoding problems [[bugs/Unicode_file_names_ignored_on_Windows]] is fixed, but some potential